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We just sampled the 2014 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 and recorded the requisite test track numbers you’ve been eager to see. Its 0-60 mph time, for example, was 3.9 seconds and it completed our Figure Eight course in 23.9 seconds (this particular example was fitted with the new seven-speed manual transmission).

More importantly, we fiddled with the long list of technology aimed at improving the Corvette’s track abilities. For starters there’s the Performance Traction Management system and magnetic ride-control package that allows drivers to choose among a number of anti-roll bar and damper settings. There’s even multiple settings for steering feel. The 2014 Corvette Stingray Z51 is also available with a continuously variable-locking differential to help maintain the desired slip angle.

After spending a day with the Chevrolet Corvette Stingray Z51 on the track and public roads, technical director Frank Markus walked away impressed:

“Yes, the ability of StabiliTrak to twiddle electronic differential, magnetic damping, and myriad other settings while simultaneously modeling the tire temperatures and more seems almost wizard-like in the way it squeezes the utmost performance and handling out of the C7 Z51’s more rigid chassis and stickier Super Sport tires. The magical result is quite simply the easiest Corvette yet to thrash hard. And, yes, it does so without emasculating the car or making it feel anodyne, while preserving its essential Corvetteness.”